Consumer electronics giant Apple Inc could also be vulnerable - 17 percent of the company's overall revenue last fiscal year came from China, and in the most recent quarter it sold more iPhones in the country than in the United States for the first time.

In an exclusive interaction with CNBC-TV18s Kritika Saxena, Gartners Partha Iyengar said a new strategy implemented by CEO Vishal Sikka was a bold bet but it cloud the firms near- to medium-term outlook even more as it ignored its struggling core business.

Consumer electronics giant Apple Inc could also be vulnerable - 17 percent of the company's overall revenue last fiscal year came from China, and in the most recent quarter it sold more iPhones in the country than in the United States for the first time.

In an exclusive interaction with CNBC-TV18s Kritika Saxena, Gartners Partha Iyengar said a new strategy implemented by CEO Vishal Sikka was a bold bet but it cloud the firms near- to medium-term outlook even more as it ignored its struggling core business.

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